. g MR. SMITH: Gentlemen, I happen to operate sheep in three different-states here, Utah, Colorado and some in Wyoming. It rather gets me to think about what - we expect to do in the shape of universal regulations.' It is my candid opinion that the rules of priority should be universal in order to he legal* I rte't think that this Department could moke me have a priority in cne that I don't have in one state. I would ask for the same qualifications if. ore st;.to, that I have in another state. That is the conclusion to which I havrs come, and I think we will have to coordinate this thin
. g MR. SMITH: Gentlemen, I happen to operate sheep in three different-states here, Utah, Colorado and some in Wyoming. It rather gets me to think about what - we expect to do in the shape of universal regulations.' It is my candid opinion that the rules of priority should be universal in order to he legal* I rte't think that this Department could moke me have a priority in cne that I don't have in one state. I would ask for the same qualifications if. ore st;.to, that I have in another state. That is the conclusion to which I havrs come, and I think we will have to coordinate this thing "back to tho feoginning. Priority in the use of the livestock has "feeen a late contention v/ilh most all of the livestock men. What is the date for the consideration of the priorit" of use of the lajid? That question is not settled. It has not "been settled either way. We will have to get at a happy medium somewhere. When we talk about the priority of use, that is a legal situation. Any rules and regulations that the Department may make which are not legal, will not hold, even if the whole body makes them, â if they do not conform with this act .or the common law that preserved tho use of the public domain relative to priority of use of public resources. In the beginning of thio act, right on the first line, it soys: "To stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing ovorgrazing and soil deterioration, typ provide- for their orderly use, improvement, and development, to stabilize the livestock industry dependent upon the public range, and for other purposes-" These dependencies are all the livestock that was there at the creation of 'this law. It is self-evident that they were dependent â you can't dispute thrat. Now, I would like to see the Attornov General come out hore and help us solve these laws and get them into a legal aspect. Now, as to adjudication and ramification â I think adjudication is our most im- portant question at thi
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